Five for your planner: Friday, July 20

July 20, 2012

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1. Ice cream and booksThe Blue Ridge Summit Free Library will celebrate 90 years of service with a book sale, music, magic and free ice cream 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Saturday, July 21. The library is at 13676 Monterey Lane, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Sabillasville Road will be closed for the event. Call 717-794-2240.

2. Step back in timeHands-on activities, games and a craft showing how children lived during the mid-19th century. 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 21, and Sunday, July 22. Pry House Field Hospital, near Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg. Free. Call 301-416-2395 or go to www.civilwarmed.org.

3. War and the canalTimothy R. Snyder will discuss his book, “Trembling in the Balance: the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during the Civil War.” 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Williamsport Memorial Library, 104 E. Potomac St., Williamsport. Call 301-223-7027 to reserve a seat.

4. BluegrassKody Norris and the Watauga Mountain Boys will perform. 7 p.m. Saturday, July 21, at Beck and Benedict Hardware Music Theatre, 118 Walnut St., Waynesboro, Pa. $13; free for children younger than 12. Call 717-762-4711 or go to www.beck-benedicthardware.com.